Question about using breast milk to make baby food

So when my LO is ready, I plan on using my 800 oz plus (yes, I went pumping crazy at first and stockpiled enough to feed baby for a while) to make her baby food. My question is if you cannot refreeze breast milk, then I assume that means that when I use it for babyfood, I cannot freeze the baby food with the thawed breast milk?

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Hmmm... I wouldn't, just to be safe-- you don't want the milk to pass through the thawing stage multiple times. Also, breastmilk contains enzymes that start to break down some foods (like the starch in baby cereal) even before digestion, so you'll find the consistency gets weird and liquidy once you mix/freeze and thaw. I'd stick to making/freezing the solid component mixing with thawed breastmilk once you've thawed out the desired portion (and only thawing enough milk to use for the 3-day fridge life).

Oh I didn't think about making it without the milk and then adding it in when needed!! That makes way more sense. I have tried to only freeze in 6 oz amounts but the DH started filling the bags up so I have a feeling we will be wasting a lot of milk since we don't do bottles anymore.

I just made baby food and froze it. Then you can keep some milk defrosted in the fridge and add it to the food. I especially liked this if I was in a hurry and needed to microwave her food (I know, I know, but I did) - then I could add the cool BM and be sure that the food wouldn't be too warm for her.

LOL to your husband's ice cream dreams! My DH is so grossed out by even touching my milk... As for other uses, I think other than maybe deep freezing it to stretch the life (6ish months) and giving to LO, the plants might be your only option -- though I might try to check out donation. I feel like they might not accept frozen milk, but if so, it would be nice to put it to good use. You can inquire with your local hospital or La Leche League...

With how I made LO's food, I would feed LO from a bottle while using my freshly pumped milk to make his food. Or you can just make enough food for a day and use frozen milk. For me, I needed some extra liquid to make the food, so I had to use some type of milk (didn't want to use steaming liquids if possible.